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Table 5 Effect of chronic exposure of different concentrations of BPS (0.5 μg/L, 5 μg/L, and 50 μg/L) on planimetry of testis in rats

From: Chronic exposure of bisphenol S (BPS) affect hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular activities in adult male rats: possible in estrogenic mode of action

Groups

 

Parameters

Area of seminiferous tubules (%)

Area of interstitium

(%)

Seminiferous tubule diameter (μm)

Epithelial height

(μm)

Spermatogonia

(n)

Spermatocytes

(n)

Spermatids

(n)

Control

84.67 ± 1.62

15.33 ± 1.67

179.96 ± 1.35

73.11 ± 1.55

63.40 ± 1.12

75.48 ± 1.30

258.52 ± 1.92

0.5 μg/L

84.55 ± 1.03

15.45 ± 1.03

179.88 ± 1.65

73.62 ± 1.72

61.80 ± 0.92

75.20 ± 1.35

258.24 ± 2.68

5 μg/L

83.01 ± 1.22

16.99 ± 1.22

176.73 ± 2.05

68.06 ± 0.97*

61.26 ± 1.51

70.08 ± 1.14**

251.36 ± 1.54*

50 μg/L

80.34 ± 0.73*

19.66 ± 0.73*

173.25 ± 2.33*

68.11 ± 0.85*

59.44 ± 1.22

68.32 ± 1.07***

246.32 ± 1.87***

  1. Values are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 8)
  2. *, **, *** indicate significance at P < 0.05, P < 0.01, and P < 0.001 vs control